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The internet is born
Internet is vital. Without it there would be no social media. -
Yahoo messenger is released
Yahoo messenger was a instant messaging platform provided by Yahoo!. -
Are you "Hot or Not"?
The site was a place were you could upload photos and others could rate them. Later in its life the site would be known as "game". -
Myspace
A place where you can publicly share photos, videos, and music. -
Facemash
A precursor to Facebook. Harvard's version of Hot or Not. -
Facebook
The social media powerhouse that also owns instagram. -
Youtube
Youtube is a media where you can share videos online with the world to see. -
Twitter
A social media sight were you could share pictures and videos, and you thoughts with a limit if 140 chracters. -
Linkedln
The myspace for adults. LinkedIn is a platform where users could create an account for possible job inquiries. -
Youtube introduces its partnership program
Youtube starts paying "YouTubers" for making videos. Which in turn grows the amount of content on the website and viewership. -
Microblogging and Tumblr
Short sentences, images, and videos that displayed a certain idea or person. -
#Hashtag
The hashtag was introduced by twitter which allowed people to attach tags to their posts. -
Emoji's ;)
Emoji's are included by apple and google based platforms. -
For the gram
Instagram was introduced in 2010. This platform allowed you to share photos to your friends and the public.It was was only a sliver then compared to what the platform is now. -
Snapchat
This app allowed you to reach your friends by sending a picture with a message that would disappear after a few seconds. -
Twitch tv
Twitch tv was launched in 2011 as a way to livestream your content, primarily video games. -
Google+
Google+ was a Facebook look a like. Was integrated into gmail and google hangouts. -
Facebook reaches one billion
Facebook reached one million users. -
Year of the selfie
Year of the selfie was proclaimed by twitter in 2014. -
Facebook live
Facebook's very own streaming service. Late to the show but is dominating the space for sure. -
instagram stories
just like Snapchat, Instagram eventually applied the idea of stories to its platform. -
times 2
Twitter doubles the character allowance from 140 to 280. -
IGTV
Instagram adds long-form content to its platform calling it IGTV. -
Google+ is shutdown
Google+ was shut down due to low user engagement. -
Clubhouse
An audio chat social networking app.